Wei Qing defeated the Xiongnu Youxian King, and Yi Zhixian, who had stabilized the situation in Longcheng, also began to move, and he wanted to lead his troops south to teach the Han people a lesson, so three months later, he raised 50,000 troops to ...... south.

"Your Majesty, although my Han army is a strong force, but in two years has sent three consecutive 100,000 troops to attack the Xiongnu, the current treasury is empty, the loss of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, weapons and armor and other materials and land transportation costs are not counted, the minister thinks that if you are not fully sure to destroy the main force of the Xiongnu, it is better to postpone."

Weiyang Palace, the civil and military officials of the Han Empire, the left and the right, the military officers lined up in turn to stand in the routine court meeting, the atmosphere of the whole court meeting was very tense, in the face of the interval of less than two months, and the civil officials headed by Prime Minister Li Cai resolutely opposed, after all, he was the prime minister, and the Han Dynasty opened thousands of mouths to eat not only to find him, but also to find him every time the 100,000 army had to find food, grass, military subsidies, etc.

"Your Majesty, the minister is not, although my Han Dynasty has used troops against the Huns every year, but this time it must be used, and the sooner the better." Wei Qing, the general standing in the first place on the right, saw that Li Cai, the prime minister standing in the first place on the left, had objections to the matter of Emperor Wu Liu Che sending troops to the Xiongnu, so he looked at the civil official on the opposite side and said: "This time the troops are to take advantage of the victory to pursue, the Xiongnu right Xianwang is basically surviving, although Yi Zhixian personally led the army south, but the morale is definitely not high, and the foothold is not stable. ”

Wei Qing is actually looking forward to the Xiongnu Yizhi Xianshan Yu personally leading the army south to Monan, although he led the army to attack the Xiongnu five times, and the last battle was also two months ago, and caused a lot of losses to the Xiongnu Youxian Wang, but in the end it still failed to make the Xiongnu vitality greatly injured, at least did not find the main force of the Xiongnu decisive battle, Wei Qing has always regretted, so he advocated sending troops.

Seeing that the general Wei Qing stood up to support the dispatch of troops, Lang Zhongling, who had long been impatient, ordered Li Guang to stand in the second row on the right and looked at Prime Minister Li Cai and said: "The old minister thinks that the general is right, the Youxian Wang's army has been defeated, Yi Zhi has just gained a stable foothold in the south, and his morale is low due to several defeats. ”

Lang Zhongling Li Guang's words suddenly made Prime Minister Li Cai's eyes green, he turned his head and looked at Li Guang fiercely and scolded: "You really don't know the cost of firewood, rice, oil and salt, do you think that fighting a war is when you lead your troops to rush and kill?" Where do the salaries, food and grass come from? Do you know how much the 100,000 army gets a day? ”

In the face of Prime Minister Li Cai's reprimand, in fact, as early as Lang Zhongling Li Guang's expectations, they were all Li family brothers, and it stands to reason that Li Guang, as an elder brother, should unconditionally stand on Prime Minister Li Cai's side, but this time, Li Guang not only did not remain neutral, nor did he stand on the side of his younger brother Li Cai, on the contrary, he also stood on Wei Qing's side, and it is strange not to be reprimanded.

In the face of the court, his confidant ministers and love generals were in trouble because of the matter of sending troops to the Huns, and Emperor Wu Liu Che was also very helpless, in fact, he knew that Prime Minister Li Cai said that the emptiness of the treasury was true, and it was not false that the armor and equipment had suffered heavy losses.

"Your Majesty, the Huns border trouble from Emperor Gaozu is a heart disease, although General Wei hit the Huns five times, but the main force shrinks in Mobei never goes south, we have always been with the two virtuous kings on the left and right, it is very difficult to give the Huns a fatal blow, so it has not shaken the main force of the Huns, and now Yizhi is leading the army south, a godsend, Your Majesty!"

Lang Zhongling's words to Li Guang once again pierced Liu Che's heart, isn't this exactly what he thinks?

"Ladies and gentlemen, after a lapse of March, I actually thought about it all night last night, since he personally led the army south, as Lang Zhongling said, a God-given opportunity." After Liu Che finished speaking, he stood up with a serious expression and said loudly: "Zhong Aiqing, my big Han people are called two-legged sheep by these Hu people, what do you mean?" It's just to be slaughtered. ”

Seeing that the holy will of the Son of Heaven had been decided, Prime Minister Li Cai said helplessly: "Since Your Majesty's holy will has been decided, the old minister will obey the decree and set the strength of the whole country to protect it!" After speaking, Li Cai bowed deeply and knelt down to bow.

Seeing Prime Minister Li Cai bowing down, the rest of the sixty-five ministers who advocated no war also bowed.

Weiyang Palace, Liu Che sat on the dragon chair, he frowned tightly and looked around solemnly at the sixty-five civil and military officials and kneeling ministers, and then the dragon robe waved and stood up domineeringly, walked to a map and touched the Hexi corridor with his hand, and the eighteen Yulin guards on both sides of the palace were majestic and clenched their swords, with a posture that whoever wanted to rebel would take whoever was headed.

"Wei Qing listens to orders!" Liu Che suddenly turned around and stared at the general Wei Qing and said loudly.

"Obey the order."

"I order you to immediately organize an army of 100,000 and then send the main force of the decisive battle of Yi Zhi in Monan."

"Command!"

After receiving Liu Che's holy message, Wei Qing, who had been looking solemn just now, suddenly smiled, he looked back at Lang Zhongling Li Guang and Marquis Zhao Xin, this result was really long-awaited in the hearts of Wei Qing and these generals.

Of course, the more important reason is the hatred of the Huns, the anger of the Huns for years of raids, and at the same time, as soldiers, their value can only be reflected on the battlefield.

"Heqi Hou Gongsun Ao, Taifu Gongsun He, Xihou Zhao Xin, Wei Wei Su Jian, Lang Zhongling Li Guang, and Younei Shi Li Fu went out with the general Wei Qing to fight the main force of the Huns."

"The Minister's Decree ......" The generals will bow down to the Lord's Decree.

"Prime Minister Li Cai, Imperial Doctor Zhang Tang, immediately mobilize the whole country to ensure the ...... of 100,000 troops" Liu Che's voice became smaller and smaller, and he seemed to feel a little sorry for this Prime Minister Li Cheng.

"The minister must die, and he will do his best to protect it!" This is not Prime Minister Li Cai's sincere words, but he can only say that he will do his best to ensure that the 100,000 troops will be pulled out of the fortress immediately after the end of the court, and the time is short and the number of people is so large that Prime Minister Li Cheng will be tired to death when he thinks about it.

"In this decisive battle, Yizhi is oblique to the main force, and it must be completely defeated, relieve the trouble of my Han Dynasty's northern Xinjiang, restore the peace of our Han Dynasty's northern Xinjiang for generations, and make the Huns tremble when they see my Han iron horse." Liu Che said firmly.

At the end of the court meeting, Wei Qing led the generals to the outside of the hall, and Liu Che looked at the door quietly.

"Your Majesty, do you think that this battle should be replaced by another person in charge?" Zhang Tang stepped forward to remind him that if Wei Qing won the battle, it would probably not be easy to do, and he suggested in his heart that Li Guang should command the whole army.

Liu Che didn't think about it, but this matter really has to be Wei Qing: "Don't talk about this at the moment, the soldiers of the border counties are all serving Wei Qing, they have prestige, and they are deeply feared by the Huns. ”